Zygmunt Noskowski - Revenge for the Boundary Wall (1908)
Zygmunt Noskowski (2 May 1846 – 23 July 1909) was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher.
Work: Revenge for the Boundary Wall / Zemsta za mur graniczny, opera in four acts (1902 - 08) First performance Warsaw 1926.
Libretto: The composer after a comedy by Aleksander Fredro.
Act I: 00:00
Act II: 30:02
Act III: 58:13
Act IV: 01:20:02
Klara: Aleksandra Kubas-Crow, soprano
Raptusiewicz, the Cup-Bearer, Robert Gerlach, baritone
Milczek, the Regent: Wojtek Gerlach, bass
Vaclav: Paul Skaluba, tenor
Podstolina: Anna Lubanska, alto
Papkin: Ryszard Minkiewicz, tenor
Dyndalski: Dariusz Machej, bass
Chorus: Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir & Polish Radio Choir
Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz
Live broadcast of a concert performance by Polish Radio Dwojka on 15 September 2013
The opera is a comedy about the rivalry between two noblemen: Raptusiewicz and Milczek, who each live in one half of a castle divided by a wall, erected at the suggestion of Papkin. Raptusiewicz wants to marry Podstolina for her money,
while Podstolina herself seeks a wealthy match. Regent Milczek's wish, on the other hand, is for his son Vaclav to marry Podstolina, but Vaclav is in love with Klara, ward and niece of Raptusiewicz, and she loves him. When Papkin's
too declares his love for Klara, things get complicated....